The accidental honouring of a Nazi unit veteran in the House of Commons was caused by Canada’s “indifference and inaction” over its history with Nazis, according to a former federal justice minister.
“This was a failure here. Indifference and inaction by successive Canadian governments—the result being that we became a sanctuary for Nazi war criminals—and no accountability then ensued,” Irwin Cotler told CTV News in an interview on Oct. 1.
